Medical Rationale

Hello:

I know many people aren’t interested in taking medications, but if a good medication were available that wouldn’t cause more damage people might become interested. The medical rationale below for not doing anything about parasites is a weak excuse. Many people on this forum, the P Forum, and other forums across the net have suffered terribly; but, the establishment doesn’t want to do anything or recognize that a problem exists? Even the anti-fungals mentioned aren’t that great and need further improvement.

This is from the Mayo Clinic:

http://www.mayoclinicproceedings.com/inside.asp?AID=2770&UID=

Although several new and more effective agents have been introduced in recent years, the development of antiparasitic drugs has lagged far behind that of antimicrobials aimed at bacteria and fungi. Because parasitic diseases are found mostly in developing countries with very limited health-care budgets, there is little financial incentive for the pharmaceutical industry to develop new agents or to produce efficiently or distribute widely those that are available. As a consequence, many antiparasitic agents that have been developed are not marketed in the United States (and other countries) or are intermittently difficult to obtain or lack approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for a particular indication. Effective agents may lack FDA approval simply because the manufacturer has not sought it because of expense and the fact that the drug will be used primarily outside the United States. Physicians may use such agents with good indications, but the lack of FDA approval should be explained to the patient. In addition, many agents have limited efficacy or serious toxic effects and may be contraindicated or not approved for use in pregnant women or in children. In at least one important parasitic infection (malaria due to Plasmodium falciparum), widespread resistance to previously effective agents, such as chloroquine and pyrimethamine-sulfadoxine (Fansidar), has developed and has further complicated treatment and prophylaxis.